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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



The election of officers was held in 

 the forenoon of the second day, and re- 

 sulted in the following choice : — 



President. — Wm. Saunders, F.R.C.S., 

 London. 



Vice-President. — "P. E. Bucke, Esq., 

 Ottawa. 



DIRECTORS. 



Division No. 1. — John Croil, Aultsville. 

 " " 2. — A. A. Wright, Renfrew. 

 " " 3. — D. Nicol, Cataraqui. 

 " " 4. — P. C. Dempsey, Trenton. 

 '< " 5. — Thos. Beall, Lindsa3^ 

 '^ " 6.— W. E.Wellington, Toronto. 

 " " 7. — Jas. Goldie, Guelph. 

 " " 8. — A.M. Smith, St. Catharines. 

 «' " 9.— T. H. Parker, Woodstock. 

 " " 10.— A. McD. Allan, Goderich. 

 «' " 11.— John Little, Fish Creek. 

 " " 12. — Hugh Smith, Sarnia. 

 " " 13. — Chas. Hickling, Barrie. 

 John Carnegie, Peterboro. 

 Chas. Drury, Crown Hill. 



The newly-elected Boai'd held a 

 meeting immediately after the morning 

 session and appointed D. W. Beadle, 

 St. Catharines, Secretary-Treasurer. 



In the evening of the last day the 

 citizens of Bai-rie entertained the non- 

 resident members at a sumptuous ban- 

 quet, which gave an opportunity for 

 social intercourse, that was greatly 

 enjoyed. The Barrie Brass Band 

 honored us with a serenade before the 

 Vjanquet was over, so that we left 

 Barrie loaded with honors and carrying 

 with us most grateful recollections of 

 our visit. a Non-Resident. 



Auditors. 



POULTRY HUMBUG. 



To THE Editor of thr Canadia.v Horticcltcrist. 



I was considerably amazed upon 

 reading the September number of the 

 Canadian Horticulturist to see that an 

 old " grey beard" like you should have 

 been taken in so badly by the commu- 

 nication of W. F., on pages 201-2. 

 This poultiy sharp, who enjoys several 

 aliases, has been pretty well exposed 

 during the past eighteen months, the 

 Rural New Yorker especially being 



energetic in the good work of exposing 

 the iraud. In western Ontario a gi'eat 

 number of the weeklies have from time 

 to time had occasion to call attention 

 to this humbug, and it affords many 

 here amusement that the discrimination 

 of the editor of this magazine has not 

 penetrated the confidential plausibility 

 of J. Bain, alias Bave, alias W. G., kc. 

 A friend of mine who was induced 

 to invest his money for the directions 

 to make the incubator, after careful 

 trial of it gives it as his verdict — 



HUMBUG. 



Yours truly, 



J. A. Morton. 

 Wingham, 27th September, 1884. 



THE ACT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD- 

 ING OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. 

 To THE Editor of the Canadian Horticulturist. 

 SiR^ — Well, Mr. Editor, what are 

 we going to do about it — this Noxious 

 Weed Act of ours ? Is it to be rigor- 

 ously enforced throughout the length 

 and breadth of the land, or, like some 

 other good, but only permissive, laws, 

 which we have on our statute book, 

 is it to be allowed to become only a 

 legal scarecrow or dead letter] As the 

 law stands at present, every municipal 

 council has power, on the petition of 

 fifty or more ratepavers, to appoint an 

 inspector, whose duty it shall be to 

 enforce the Act ; but in how many 

 rural municipalities will you find fifty 

 or more ratepayers possessing sufficient 

 public spirit to petition the council to 

 appoint an inspector to inspect them- 

 selves, or to have themselves fined 

 five dollars and costs if they neglect 

 to attend to the inspector's instructions. 

 It ought to be the duty of the Govern- 

 ment to appoint an inspector for every 

 township, to pay his salary, and to receive 

 all fines imposed for non-compliance 

 with the requirements of the Act ; and 

 instead of the inspector summoning the 

 ofiender before a local magistrate, he 



